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LARGE MINERAL SPECIMEN OF POLYMETALLIC SILVER-GOLD ORE FROM NEAR SILVERTON, CO

$ 13.72

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    Description

    THIS IS A
    LARGE SPECIMEN OF POLYMETALLIC SILVER AND GOLD ORE CONTAINING GALENA,
    SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE, AND POSSIBLY OTHER PHASES IN A QUARTZ VEIN.
    THE SPECIMEN IS
    APPROXIMATELY 12 X 9 X 7 cm
    .  IT
    WEIGHS ABOUT 1.5 LBS.
    THE SPECIMEN IS FROM THE
    SUNNYSIDE MINE, EUREKA DISTRICT, NEAR SILVERTON, SAN JUAN CO., COLORADO
    .  IT DISPLAYS WELL, THE SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE ARE FINE GRAINED, CLEAN AND BRIGHT IN REFLECTED LIGHT.  IT IS
    VERY HI-GRADE ORE
    .  THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM THE VEIN OUTCROP AT ABOUT 12,250 ELEV. ABOVE THE FORMER LAKE EMMA, WHICH COLLAPSED INTO THE MINE IN 1978.  SEE PICTURES.  I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE.  THANKS FOR LOOKING.